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technical => computers, technology and the internet => Topic started by: Tris on January 09, 2010, 11:43:23 am

Title: Acer Aspire Laptop Recalls
Post by: Tris on January 09, 2010, 11:43:23 am

Acer are recalling tens of thousands of laptops as they may at risk of overheating and possible injury.

Full details here:

https://customercare.acer-euro.com/customercare/AcerUpdate.aspx?CID=GB&LID=ENG&IType=JM31 (https://customercare.acer-euro.com/customercare/AcerUpdate.aspx?CID=GB&LID=ENG&IType=JM31)

Just posting this in case anybody has one..

Title: Re: Acer Aspire Laptop Recalls
Post by: SA Chris on January 09, 2010, 09:01:34 pm

Wish they would recall our model, purely because it's shit.

Title: Re: Acer Aspire Laptop Recalls
Post by: andy_e on January 09, 2010, 11:29:34 pm

Mine overheats and shuts itself down constantly, but it's not a model being recalled  :-\

Title: Re: Acer Aspire Laptop Recalls
Post by: Jim on January 10, 2010, 10:13:18 am

try underclocking it andi and only using it on a hard flat surface

Title: Re: Acer Aspire Laptop Recalls
Post by: andy_e on January 10, 2010, 07:15:50 pm

how do i go about underclocking it? i always put it on a table nowadays, even then it still goes tits-up occasionally. tends to be when i'm watching something full-screen.

Title: Re: Acer Aspire Laptop Recalls
Post by: Jim on January 10, 2010, 08:29:00 pm

have you tried googling about your particular model and 'overheating', I think someone will have a solution somewhere